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[Young woman modeling: back view, head and shoulders, wearing feathered hat] – Antique Print

[Young woman modeling: back view, head and shoulders, wearing feathered hat], [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
[Young woman modeling: back view, head and shoulders, wearing feathered hat], [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic photograph from the Family Life collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Young woman modeling: back view, head and shoulders, wearing feathered hat]

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What sets this print apart is its back view: the sitter turns from the camera, so the large feathered hat, not her face, anchors the composition. The caption card gives no date, and the only maker named is Fritz W. Guerin, so the exact year is unknown. Feathered hats were a prominent fashion around 1900, and the card's tags for glamour, hats, figure studies, and mirrors suggest the picture was meant to display clothing and pose.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhoto by Fritz W. Guerin. #43. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Glamour; Hats; Figure studies; Mirrors.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,235 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-147481

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